In December 2002, the Court rendered its Judgment in the case concerning sovereignty over Pulau Ligitan and Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malaysia) in which it found that the 1891 Convention between Great Britain and the Netherlands, on which Indonesia based its claim to sovereignty over the islands, could not be taken to establish a title to sovereignty and that neither of the parties had obtained title to Ligitan and Sipadan by succession.
En diciembre de 2002, la Corte dictó sentencia en la causa relativa a la Soberanía sobre Pulau Ligitan y Pulau Sipadan (Indonesia/Malasia).